Becoming a Better Birder Workshop

Shorebirds Workshop

Warblers Workshop

Coordinator: Nikki Belmonte

Summer Tree Identification for Birders with Chris Showalter, June 2012, details TBA

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia with Giff Beaton, Summer 2012, details TBA 

Coordinator: Nikki Belmonte
 

http://masterbirder2008.wikispaces.com/

Coordinator: Georgann Schmalz
 

Camp TALON for Teens, 10-14 June 2012

Beginning Birding for Kids

Feathery Friends Early Childhood Classes

Boy & Girl Scout Programs

Home School Flockings

Georgia Youth Birding Competition, starts 27 Apr 2012

Youth Birding Competition Prep Workshop, 25 Feb 2012
 

Atlanta Audubon Society’s "Learning About Birds" (LAB) curriculum brings training, activities, and materials to educators interested in exposing students to hands-on, interactive learning about birds and their habitats. The program allows young people the chance to use critical thinking skills while exploring the birds around them.

AAS is proud to announce an upcoming expansion of the LAB curriculum into the middle grades! Through the continued generous support of TogetherGreen, AAS will expand our reach to youth and the Latin American Community by creating English/Spanish student LAB guides and accompanying educator guides. Training and materials will be available in the early 2012.

Through funding from our 2010 TogetherGreen Innovation Grant, AAS is able to provide color, English/Spanish student LAB guides and accompanying educator guides. All activities are aligned with the Georgia Performance Standards in elementary science, but may be modified for use at various age levels. Currently there are nine bird-related topics including:

What Makes a Bird...a Bird?
Getting Started with a Field Guide (and Bird Checklists)
Ten Common Birds of Atlanta
Feeding Birds
Exploring Bird Habitat
Mysteries of Migration
All about Owls
Grassland Birds and Their Habitat (funding provided by GOS)
Nature Journaling Activities

AAS offers periodic training workshops for educators interested in using the LAB program. This includes both student and educator guides as well as some critical materials, as available. Training is appropriate for formal teachers, informal educators, and other youth leaders. Workshops are offered periodically throughout the metro Atlanta area. Upcoming workshops include:

Learning About Birds for Early Childhood Educators PreK – Gr 1, April 28, 9:30-11:30 AM

If you are interested in registering for a LAB workshop or hosting a workshop near you, please contact Nikki Belmonte, AAS Education Coordinator, by email at AtlantaAudubonED@gmail.com or by phone at (678) 973-2437.

AAS is proud to be using LAB to educate students throughout Atlanta.
Read more about "Engaging Atlanta's Latino Community to Reduce the Threat to Bird-Friendly Habitat" at:

http://togethergreen.org/Projects/GranteeDetails.aspx?granteeID=128"

Resources for Educators:

The following are available for you to check out and use in your classroom:

LAB supplemental materials
Binoculars
Bird Field Guides
Wetlands Enviroscape
Bird Slides
Speaker (Volunteers may be provided on a limited basis)
Need something that is not on the list? Contact us about it—we may have what you need!

Other resources and fun programs for you and your students:

Would you like to put together a blog for your students to help them learn more about birds? See this great blog from an APS media specialist and teacher:
http://learningaboutbirds.blogspot.com/

Would you like ideas for fun scientific projects that your students can perform at school or at home? See these great citizen science projects from Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology. You and your students can be a part of real science and data collection!

Project FeederWatch: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/
NestCams: http://watch.birds.cornell.edu/nestcams/home/index
Celebrate Urban Birds! and much more: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/netcommunity/citsci/projects

Looking for opportunities to earn PLUs, expand your professional knowledge, or find grants for schoolyard projects? Environmental Education Alliance of Georgia is a resource that should be on the top of your list of bookmarks!
Find lesson plans, learning opportunities, new contacts and more here:
http://eealliance.org/

For fun projects and computer games from National Audubon Society, check out this site:
http://www.audubon.org/educate/kids/

Looking for places to take children to bird watch? Take a look at this site for great location descriptions and directions by county for the state of Georgia:
http://www.wingsoverga.com/

For more information about bird conservation through education, see here:
http://www.birdeducation.org/

International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) is coming your way in May! Are you holding a school festival? For more information about IMBD, as well as connecting cultures through bird conservation, visit Environment for the Americas:
http://www.birdday.org/

Start a journal of your sightings:
aaswww/education/AASBirdJournal.pdf

Our Shared Forests (OSF) is Ecuador and Georgia's Migratory Bird Partnership through Integrated Conservation, Bird Monitoring and Environmental Education. Educate students about 10 bird species that migrate between both regions through hands-on curriculum and science night kits:
http://76.12.35.194/maquiDB/OSF/main.asp?goto=CMG3OpenPage.asp&lg=1&pid=1

Track "Lookout" the Peregrine Falcon released by Save Our American Raptor's southeast group at:
http://www.soarsouth.blogspot.com/